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    980M in a M15x feedback

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by King of Interns, May 31, 2016.

  1. King of Interns

    King of Interns Simply a laptop enthusiast

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    Wouldnt really call running at 1.0V and 1120mhz stock boost ambitious :D just simply trying to run the card.

    I guess svl7s vbios was closest thing to M15x designed but it ran at a even higher voltage and 1200mhz boost = a bit hotter.



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    King of Interns, Jun 7, 2016
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    Well since the On Topic Choo-Choo has fallen off the bridge, into a raging gorge only to be swept out to sea to be a tasty treat for the Kraken...

    My 880M is setup to run at 993Mhz while gaming. I lock my FPS at 75 in the games I play and it will throttle back due to utilization. This is in my Sager, not an M15x.
    Of course I have made many cooling mods to this machine. I am running MX-4 for the paste and that's all I have done. The 880M runs really well for me, but took a lot of trial and error (and some tweaking to svl7's vBIOS) to get it to run well at stock speeds. I know that others have had a lot of issues with the 880M. I guess I got lucky in the 880M lottery.

    FWIW, my ASIC is 88.5%
     
    deadsmiley, Jun 7, 2016
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    Now you're just being disrespectful.....
     
    Raidriar, Jun 7, 2016
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    woodzstack Alezka Computers , Official Clevo reseller.

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    I was joking, I usually screw up the entire sentence too, as I type so sloppy when I'm not watching what I type. Meant no disrespect, just a laugh, guess it didn't translate.
     
    woodzstack, Jun 8, 2016
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    Lmao. I'm not the only one then. With fresh paste and pads I got it down to about 79-80C, when it was running 85+ on a factory job. I'm thinking about dumping my Alienware 18 too, what a joke.
     
    Raidriar, Jun 9, 2016
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Also your two M18x, parts are getting expensive to find nowadays and Dell completely stopped caring about them.
     
    Mobius 1, Jun 9, 2016
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    Now those I won't sell because they are true museum pieces, the epitome of Alienware before it turned into cheap garbage. The Alienware 18 is a bastard child compared to the M18x R1/R2
     
    Raidriar, Jun 9, 2016
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    I have one with 3940MX and 680M SLI. I just love that thing. I would marry it if I could. :D

    Sent from my overpriced Galaxy S6 Edge +
     
    deadsmiley, Jun 10, 2016
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    I just went ahead and picked up a m17x R2 off ebay, because that RGBLED is something I want to experience once in my life. It's also probably once of the greatest Alienwares created (which I consider to be, the M17x R2, M15x, M18x R2)
     
    Raidriar, Jun 10, 2016
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    That's hot... <said in my best Paris Hilton>

    Sent from my overpriced Galaxy S6 Edge +
     
    deadsmiley, Jun 10, 2016
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    The 4K Touch on AW17 will probably beat that RGBLED in every category though ;)
     
    Mobius 1, Jun 11, 2016
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